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Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïb ...

Second level domains

Registrations are at the third level beneath several second level names. There are also a handful of sites directly at the second level, including the registry site itself at nic.ni. * .gob.ni: Nicaraguan government * .co.ni, .com.ni: Commercial entities * .ac.ni, .edu.ni: Educational institutions * .org.ni: Non-governmental organizations * .nom.ni: Personal domains of individuals * .net.ni: Networks * .mil.ni: Military institutions For political and/or marketing reasons, .ni is also occasionally registered and used by sites based in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...

, rather than the United Kingdom's official ccTLD, .uk (or

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

's .ie). The .co.ni subdomain is available for this purpose with the clear understanding that .co.ni is a subdomain of the .ni domain, which is the top level domain name for Nicaragua and as such subject to the terms and conditions of the .ni registry in Nicaragua.www.ni
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References

External links

.ni registry
Country code top-level domains Communications in Nicaragua {{Compu-domain-stub sv:Toppdomän#N